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Maintenance Request
main post & chapter list | 18+ (minors DNI) | ao3
word count: 80k+
Joel Miller x f!reader | new chapter every Friday
summary: Hot Construction Guy is the bane of your existence - he seems to only pop up at the worst possible moment for you, every time you see him.
There’s no way there could be something more there.
Right?
full fic tags/warnings: academia AU, modern AU, one-sided enemies-to-lovers, no outbreak, live music, fluff, banter, everyone is alive, misunderstandings, ex boyfriend who was manipulative and a jerk (only mentioned), no use of y/n, pet names (darlin, gorgeous, honey, baby, sweetheart), later: smut, kissing, grinding, frottage, p in v sex, oral sex (f! and m!receiving), creampie, somnophilia, phone sex, semi-public sex; each chapter will have its own tags
a/n: this fic is completely finished! It was my 2023 NaNo project. I’ll post a new chapter every Friday. There are 23 chapters and an epilogue. There is eventually quite a bit of smut, but it’s going to take us a little while to get there. Mind the tags (for the whole fic above and for each chapter). That “one-sided enemies-to-lovers” tag was the motivation for the whole fic — what if only one of you thinks you’re enemies? And here we are. Chapters with smut are marked with *. The dates in each chapter are from a fictional fall semester, 2024. Shoutout to @fanatictypist for reading this and encouraging me 💕 and to the PPCU server.
note about reader: in this fic you’re a college professor, vaguely of English literature and poetry. You like live music, you like to read, and Ellie is your niece. You have a best friend named Beth, a sister who is having a rough time, and a difficult mother. I’ve avoided physical descriptions and most clothing descriptions, except when plot-relevant. You are vaguely shorter than Joel. No age is specified, but I imagined 36-year-old Joel here (and 14-year-old Sarah), and most English PhDs wouldn’t get to this type of position until they were 28 or 29 at the earliest, even if they went to grad school right out of undergrad. So you can imagine reader any age from there to mid-30s, or whatever you want, really.
This fic is (almost) totally finished! A new chapter will be posted every Friday. Let me know if you want to be on the tag list!
* = chapter contains smut
Chapter List
Chapter 1 | 2.4k
Wednesday, September 4, second week of the semester
Chapter 2 | 2.4k | preview
Friday, September 6, second week of the semester
Chapter 3 | 2.4k | preview
Monday, September 16, fourth week of the semester,
Friday, September 20, fourth week of the semester
Chapter 4 | 1.8k | preview
Interlude
Chapter 5 | 3.4k | preview
Friday, September 27, fifth week of the semester
Saturday, September 28, fifth week of the semester
Monday, September 30, sixth week of the semester
Chapter 6 | 2.1k | preview
Wednesday, October 2, sixth week of the semester
Chapter 7 | 2.4k | preview
Wednesday, October 9, seventh week of the semester
Chapter 8 | 2.7k | preview
Monday, October 14, eighth week of the semester
Chapter 9 | 3.4k | preview
Tuesday, October 15, eighth week of the semester
Thursday, October 17, eighth week of the semester
Friday, October 18, eighth week of the semester
Saturday, October 19, eighth week of the semester
Chapter 10 | 5k | preview
Monday, October 21, ninth week of the semester
Chapter 11 | 2.4k| preview
Tuesday, October 22, ninth week of the semester
Thursday, October 24, ninth week of the semester
Friday, October 25, ninth week of the semester
Chapter 12 | 8.1k | preview *
Friday, October 25, ninth week of the semester
Chapter 13 | 9.3k | preview *
Friday, October 25 (still), ninth week of the semester
Chapter 14 | 3.9k | preview
Friday, October 25 (still), ninth week of the semester
Saturday, October 26, ninth week of the semester
Chapter 15 | 3.6k | preview
Saturday, October 26, ninth week of the semester
Sunday, October 27, ninth week of the semester
Chapter 16 | 5.8k | preview
Tuesday, October 29, tenth week of the semester
Friday, November 1, tenth week of the semester
Chapter 17 | 3.2k | preview *
Saturday, November 2, tenth week of the semester
Sunday, November 3, tenth week of the semester
Chapter 18 | 3.3k | preview *
Monday, November 4, eleventh week of the semester
Chapter 19 | 7.6k | preview *
Saturday, November 9, eleventh week of the semester
Sunday, November 10, eleventh week of the semester
Chapter 20 | coming 4/26
Chapter 21 | 5/3
Chapter 22 | 5/10
Chapter 23 | 5/17
Epilogue | 5/24
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Moodboards
@sawymredfox made this moodboard and it’s amazing 😩 please go look at it 💕
@djarins-cyare made this wonderful moodboard, I love it so much -- please go look at it! 🧡💚
#joel miller x reader#joel miller x f!reader#joel miller x you#joel miller fanfiction#tlou fic#my fic#maintenance request fic#x reader#joel miller smut
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🎃 dtblr spooky shenanigans abound!🕯
the people have spoken! we are having a dtblr trick or treat around October 29-November 3!
Some ground rules are as follows:
You send a mutual or a fellow dream/dream team/dteam-adjacent blog an ask "🦇 trick or treat! 🎃" in any way, shape or form. Write a short prompt, add some emojis with your message, let wherever your creativity takes you!
If they answer trick, that means they're letting you know that they don't want to be bothered. Send them a little nice message ("hope you have a good halloween!"), a fun dream team picture or meme, and be on your way!
If they answer treat, they are letting you know that you can send them full art, an unfinished sketch, doodle, drabble, fic snippets, poetry, web weave or whatever creative thing you want to make. Preferably Halloween themed! Bonus points if it's halloween and dream team-themed! You can send your lovely gift through another ask, or make a post and tag them in it <3
Blogs be sure you have "allow asks with media" toggled on in your blog if you want people to send you their gifts directly on your inbox. doesn't have to be anything big! (here are some sneaky peeks of what im drawing as my gifts)
I encourage you to use #dtblrtot2023 to tag your works or asks, so other people can see your treats. I'll try to look at the tag regularly and reblog those as much as I can as well
add content warnings when necessary! some example to look out for: horror, spiders, blood, eyestrain, etc. Some people love those kinds of things, some are more sensitive, so be very careful and respectful when you make or share work of those styles. I personally love receiving them, but there's a time and place for it, so I'm drawing cutesy doodles as my gifts
lastly, have fun! this is a great time to show off your amazing art skills, or (if you're like me) share your scuffed doodle skills with absolutely no judgement. and if anyone tells you your art is ugly or bad they are catching these hands
Have a Happy Halloween!!! :D
#dtblrtot2023#dtblr#dreamblr#dreamwastaken#sapnap#georgenotfound#dteam#dream tream#dteamblr#dwtblr#404blr#pandasblr#i would love it if you guys share this post whether you join or not <3
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Welcome to ClassicsTober 2023!
✏️🏺🖊️
In 2021 my friend Dr Cora Beth Fraser and I (@greekmythcomix ) accidentally started ‘Classics-tober’ – a list of Ancient Mediterranean Myth and History prompts for each day in October, so that we had an excuse to draw Classics stuff for a month. We did it again last year and even more people joined in, so we’ll be running it again this year – we’re just putting the final touches to the prompt list for this year. And now that there are a LOT of new Social Media platforms, we’re going to be attempting to run it on as many of them as possible!
The idea is to create something - anything - for the prompt. Like other October prompt lists, it can be an illustration, but it can also be text, reference, historical artefact, video, story, translation... pretty much anything you're interested in from the Ancient Med World that fits with the prompt. There's no pressure to do every single one, just the ones you like.
This year we’ve chosen Ancient Greek Myth Characters, some well-known and others less so.
If you'd like to join in, tag this account and use #ClassicsTober and #ClassicsTober23 on your social media posts when you share them (and if on Tumblr tag this account)
NOTE: please make sure if you share the graphic you add the ALT text (below for you to copy and paste)
ALT:
Classics*-Tober3
Ancient Greek Myth Characters
* meaning Ancient Greece and Rome because no one's come up with a better term yet, but if you want to add additional Ancient Med cultures then yes please - especially if you can link them to versions of these myths/ characters!
1 Cassandra
2 Medusa
3 Asterion
4 Lycaon
5 Chiron
6 Medea
7 Persephone
8 Icarus
9 Achilles
10 Asklepius
11 Pandora
12 Theseus
13 Arachne
14 Helen
15 Prometheus
16 Circe
17 Atalanta
18 Phaedra
19 Sisyphus
20 Odysseus
21 Psyche
22 Midas
23 Orpheus
24 Hephaestus
25 Talos
26 Thetis
27 Pygmalion
28 Nyx
29 Nemesis
30 Tiresias
31 Hecate
#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober23
Share or create any style of media inspired by the prompt for the day - illustration story, poetry, artefacts, video, translation, anything! Do as many as you like. Share with the hashtags above.
#classicstober#ClassicsTober23#ancient history#ancient Greek myth#greek myth#prompts list#writing#writing prompts#drawing prompts#greek mythology#ancient greek mythology#classical civilisation
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2023 Ace Week Fiction Podcast Fan Event (October 22nd-28th)
October 22nd to October 28th 2023 is ace week, and fiction podcasts are a great medium to be asexual.
Prompts
Sunday, 22nd October
Ace of Spades | Realisation/Acceptance
Monday, 23rd October
Cake & Garlic Bread | Invisible/Seen
Tuesday, 24th October
Ace of Diamonds | Effort/Rest
Wednesday, 25th October
Space Ace | Past/Future
Thursday, 26th October
Ace of Hearts | Isolation/Connection
Friday, 27th October
Dragons | Divergence/Diversity
Saturday, 28th October
Ace of Clubs | Mourning/Celebration
More information on each list is available here.
How does this work?
I've made up two lists of daily prompts, above, to get you started. Using them is encouraged but entirely optional, and you may do as many or as few as you'd like. One per day is great, and one in one week also great. You can pick and mix, stick with one list, do both, or even just do your own thing entirely.
You can start working on them any time from right now up until during ace week, but if you're comfortable sharing them be sure to schedule or save them for the date and either @ me here at @acepodcastweek, or tag them with #ace podcast week, which I'll check daily up until November 1st.
You can join in by:
Creating art of any kind: visual, baking, music, etc
Writing fanfic
Doing poetry
Media analysis
Making recommendation lists
Holding polls
Highlighting creators
Sharing headcanons
And whatever else might strike your fancy.
Whether you want to dote on (or, let's be real, torment) your favourite ace characters, help other people find new shows they'd like, show the creative teams behind these works your appreciation, flex your brain creatively, just think it'd be interesting, or any other one of a myriad reasons, you're welcome to give it a go.
Image descriptions for visual art are not mandatory, but are strongly encouraged.
Creator Featurettes
Podcast creators and contributors who are acespec or have acespec characters are very welcome to put together little features of their characters and/or projects in advance of (or during) the week, which I'll reblog here.
Resources
There are many acespec characters in audio fiction, and I've attached two lists below to get you started.
Questions & Queries
If you have any questions, concerns, ideas, or anything else in that realm, get in touch with me here. You can drop them in the comments, my DMs, or send me an ask. Is there something I could be doing better? Let me know!
If you run any kind of community group or are a creator and would like to run a podcast ace week event, go for it. I sure don't have exclusive rights, and would welcome the company. If you let me know, I'll even promo it.
A list of asked and anticipated questions can be found here, and will be updated as additional questions are asked.
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Because February is just not big enough to contain all the fluff, we have fluffnapped the 14th of every month and appended those dates to Fluffbruary. It's the Fluffbruary: Extended Edition. And now?
The INFINIFLUFF 2024 prompt list has arrived!
All fandoms, all ships welcome! Tag @fluffbruary in your posts so we can reblog your fluffy creations--and please reblog THIS post so your tumblr community sees it and comes to play in the fluff.
March 14 : shining | cotton | mountain
The rest of the year, plus alternate prompts, below the cut.
April 14 : coffee | florist | vision
May 14 : music | breathe | soap
June 14 : poetry | bookshop | seashell
July 14 : library | glimpse | trip
August 14 : radiant | giddy | chase
September 14 : euphoria | cloudy | sophisticated
October 14 : intuition | faded | quaint
November 14 : cuddle | happy | spell
December 14 : book | horizon | hug
January 14 : opulent | gasp | attic
Alternate prompts for use if the prompts for any of the assigned prompts above don't work -
fountain | frisson | gem | Italy | nimble
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Horizontober Prompts 2023
Horizontober is a bit like Inktober, but it's all about the wonderful world of Horizon! Posting the list a little bit early so ya'll can ruminate on that.
Favorite Machine
Oceanic
Recognize
Preserve
"Oh dear..."
Shine
Pass
Slump
Cruel
Favorite Tribe
Royal
Retire
Lounge
Array
Train
New
Facet
Tarot
Float
Favorite Outfit
Haze
Weave
Magic
Criminal
Wobble
Authority
Redo
Tree
Beam
Favorite Weapon
Future
For anyone wanting to participate, the tag I’ll be using for this year is #horizontober2023
I’ll try check out that tag every day in October, and I’ll absolutely be reblogging everything I find, though the fandom is getting so large that I might not be able to see every entry!
All art forms are welcome in Horizontober! Fic, poetry, gifsets/gifs, digital/traditional, animation, music, photomode, videos, nail art, Horizon flavored memes, cosplay, jewelry, mood boards, tattoos you wanna show off…. Uhhhhh, scrapbooking?? Horizon themed meals! Staged scenes of any figurines or Funkos you have?? Flower arrangements! Infodumps about plants found in the game! And other things I can’t think of right now! As long as it’s something you created or captured and relates to the prompt and the Horizon world somehow!
All participation levels are also welcome! You wanna try for every single day? Awesome! You just wanna do one or two prompts that speak to you? Fantastic!! You discover this event halfway through October and wanna catch up on all the ones you missed and post 3 a day for a week? I actively encourage it! I made one of my best internet friends that way! :)
#horizontober2023#prompt list#horizon zero dawn#horizon forbidden west#hfw#hzd#I'm reusing a couple prompts because new tribes machines armor sets and weapons are here now#i want someone to make the food you can find ingame and review it so bad#I would LOVE to read that and see your meals#if you wanna participate but are stuck on what to do........#i would like to see it
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Terror Transformed - A Transformers Halloween Event!
Rules and Details
The event is running from 01/10/23 to 31/10/23.
1) Submissions can be made at any point during the month of October, so don't worry about having to get something done within the day-- As long as your work is submitted on or before 31/10/23, it counts!
That having been said, if you want to do a sketch a day, go for it! You have the entire month of October to make whatever you'd like. :)
Writing, art, and any other types of works are welcome.
You can submit any work to the event by using the tag "Terror Transformed". I'll reblog any submissions to this blog, to help keep everything together!
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2) You do not have to participate in each day of the event. Feel free to pick whichever prompts/dates appeal to you most!
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3) Scary and creepy are good; It's a Halloween event, after all! (That having been said, don't feel obligated to push yourself beyond what you may be comfortable with!) <3
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4) Please tag any horror content appropriately-- For example, "Body Horror", "Vampires", "Robo Gore", and so on.
Please make sure to include any additional content/trigger warnings if needed- This helps keep everyone safe, and helps to make sure everyone can have a fun time! :)
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5) NSFW/shipping submissions are fine, as long as you tag them appropriately and add any relevant content/trigger warnings as needed. (And of course, follow Tumblr site rules, although I don't think I need to say that!)
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6) Have fun!!! <3
AO3 - Terror Transformed Collection
You can find the AO3 collection here!
Works will be added if anyone wants to submit anything to AO3, mostly as a way to help keep things organised.
Any kind of writing is fine! Poetry, one-shots, multi-chaptered stories, drabbles, anything you might want to do. :)
The collection is moderated, so once October starts, I'll be keeping an eye out for any fics posted here or on AO3 with the tag "Terror Transformed".
Playlist for Inspiration!
Just for fun, as a way to provide some thematic Halloween tunes for people to draw/write along to, get inspired by, or just have fun and jam out to, you can find a playlist for the event over on YouTube here!
The playlist is still being worked on, but it'll get more refined as I add more tracks and clean it up a bit! :)
Happy Halloween!
I really want to do something fun for everyone since October is my birthday month and who doesn't love Spooky Season, so I hope this can be a fun event for anyone who wants to participate! <3
The original event pitch post is here, and it's really nice to see so much interest. :')
If you have any questions or require any clarification, please feel free to message me! :)
#Terror Transformed#transformers#maccadam#maccadams#tfp#tfa#transformers g1#transformers prime#transformers animated#earthspark#transformers halloween#halloween#halloween event#ROTB
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🎃 - Scarecrow Week 2023 - 🎃
For the sixth year in a row, I am hosting Scarecrow Week! This special time of year is dedicated to the one, the only, The Scarecrow! Prompts for each day are below, but you don't have to stick to them! Any creative content allowed, this includes art of all mediums, writing and poetry, and of course memes and edits! Show you love of Jonathan Crane however you like! Just keep your submissions safe for work please! Aside from that rule, go wild! (and if you feel you can’t complete the prompts in October, late OR early entries are accepted!)
Scarecrow Week will take place from October 25th - October 31st
Prompts:
Day 1: Trick or SCARE
Day 2: Hocus Pocus Fear Smokus
Day 3: Doctor, Doctor, Give me the news...
Day 4: The Psychology of the Syringe
Day 5: Tatterdemalion of Terror
Day 6: Year Two and Beyond???
Day 7: Halloween in Gotham (or free day)
Please tag your posts with #ScarecrowWeek2023 so I can reblog them!
#Jonathan Crane#Scarecrow#The Scarecrow#ScarecrowWeek2023#Will reblog occasionally until then#but I wanted to get the prompts out
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Team Lewis 2023
Announcing the 2023 Inklings Challenge team assignments!
Members of Team Lewis are challenged to write a science fiction or fantasy story within the Christian worldview that fits into one of these two genres:
Portal Fantasy: Stories where someone from the real world explores a new world
Space Travel: Stories about traveling through space or exploring other planets
These genres are open to interpretation, and creativity is encouraged. You can use either or both of the prompts within your story, or if you’re feeling ambitious, you can write multiple stories.
Members of Team Lewis are also asked to use at least one of the following seven Christian themes to inspire some part of their story.
Feed the hungry
Give drink to the thirsty
Clothe the naked
Shelter the homeless
Visit the sick
Visit the imprisoned
Bury the dead
Writers are challenged to complete and post their story to a tumblr blog by October 21, 2022, though they are encouraged to post earlier if they finish their story before that date. There is no maximum or minimum word limit. Writers who have not completed their stories before the deadline are encouraged to post whatever they have written by October 21st and post the remainder at a later date.
Posting the Stories
All stories will be reblogged and archived on the main Inklings Challenge blog. To assist with organization, writers should tag their posts as follows:
Mention the main Challenge blog @inklings-challenge somewhere within the body of the post (which will hopefully alert the Challenge blog).
Tag the story #inklingschallenge, to ensure it shows up in the Challenge tag, and make it more likely that the Challenge blog will find it.
Tag the team that the author is writing for: #team lewis, #team tolkien, or #team chesterton.
Tag the genre the story falls under: #genre: portal fantasy, #genre: space travel, #genre: secondary world, #genre: time travel, #genre: intrusive fantasy, #genre: adventure
Tag any themes that were used within the story: #theme: food, #theme: drink, #theme: clothing, #theme: shelter, #theme: visit the sick, #theme: visit the imprisoned, #theme: burial
Tag the completion status of the story: #story: complete or #story: unfinished
Team Members
The writers assigned to Team Lewis are:
@aparticularbandit
@ashknife
@batmantaking-hobbits2gallifrey
@butterflies-and-bumble-bees
@bytes-and-blessings
@casa-anachar
@confetti-cat
@cuppatealove
@cygnascrimbles
@dimsilver
@f1ve-more-minutes
@freenarnian
@glassheadcanon
@heniareth
@incomingalbatross
@kanerallels
@ladygobpire
@ladyphlogiston
@larissa-the-scribe
@lemonduckisnowawake
@lydia-hosek
@madamescarlette
@mademoiseli
@magpie-trove
@mels-library
@mrgartist
@muse-write
@phoebeamorryce
@poetry-vs-depression
@rockinlibrarian
@rosesnvines
@saxifrage-wreath
@secret--psalms--saturn
@secretariatess
@swinging-stars-from-satellites
@thatsastepladder
@thebirdandhersong
@west-toasty
@wildlyironicbee
Writing resources, including the Challenge overview, FAQ, writing prompts, and discussions of the genres are available at the Inklings Challenge Directory. Any writers with further questions can contact the Inklings Challenge blog for guidance.
Welcome to the Inklings Challenge, everyone! Now go forth and create!
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Mark your calendars because Kira Appreciation Week returns October 28-November 03 2023! We’ve got 4 weeks to prepare fic, gifs, edits, meta, and more to show our favorite kitsune some love!
To participate, simply create Kira-centric content during the week and use the tag #KiraWeek2023 and/or tag us in the post (@KiraYukimuraAppreciation)! Written works can also be submitted to the event’s Ao3 collection. See suggested prompts for inspiration below.
Writing Prompts:
Day 1, You Came Back: We never got to see it on screen, but Kira returns! When, how, why, where...you decide.
Day 2, There's a Reason You Kept It: With particular focus on Kira's tails, today's a day to explore identity. What makes Kira who she is? How do kitsune attributes, like tails, interact with that identity?
Day 3, They Did Something: Kira and family, friends, romantic partners…but what about the baddies? This prompt explores Kira’s relationship with villains on the show.
Day 4, Trickster-or-Treat: Notoriously, kitsune are trickster spirits. Use this day to explore Kira’s mischievous side!
Day 5, What if Wednesday: Missing scenes, AUs, fix-its, any idea born of the question “What if…?” Let your imagination run wild with possibilities.
Day 6, History Echoes: In what ways do we see Kira's story/character connect to and/or parallel others in the show? Are there ways her life echoes Noshiko’s history? How might Kira’s present echo into her (indefinitely long) future?
Day 7, It’s Alright to Cry: Today is about trauma exploration. We see Kira suffer a multitude of traumas, but we don't see the fallout. How is she affected? Where is the resolution?
Alternates:
Alt 1, Have you ever heard of something called a Kitsune?: What does lore say about kitsune and how would this impact to Kira? (Types of kitsune, relation to Oni or the wild hunt, foxes & wolves dynamic, tails, etc.)
Alt 2, I Printed It Out: Anything relating to Kira and school or nerd!Kira. (Research, topics of interest, extracurriculars, etc.)
Alt 3, My Family and I Moved Here Three Weeks Ago: All about Ken, Noshiko, and Kira as a Yukimura unit. (Family members we don't see in show, family dynamics, Kira's childhood...bring on the Yukimura family feels!)
Visual Prompts:
Day 1: Fav Scene(s) OR Kira + Kitsune Attributes (tails, fox spirit/aura, lightning, etc.)
Day 2: Poetry, Lyrics, Quotes OR Significant Objects
Day 3: Color/B&W OR Kira + Villains
Day 4: Trickster!Kira OR Nerd!Kira
Day 5: Dealer's Choice OR Lie-Ability (Use footage to Lie™ about what happens in canon--visual AU’s, fix-its, missing scenes, etc.)
Day 6: Back in Style (Throw-back to any past editing style you miss.) OR Something New (Got an editing style you’re dying to try out? Go for it!)
Day 7: Hurt/Comfort OR Parallels
All daily themes can be found in greater detail here! Be sure to also check out our rules and submission info.
#teen wolf event#teen wolf#kira yukimura#arden cho#scira#malira#lydira#malydira#stira#allira#thira#yukimura family
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Suds Lite 2023 - Guidelines
This year the mods have decided to relax into the bubbles and de-stress. Therefore we are running a self-posting fest for 2023!
The Suds Lite collection will be open between 1st October and 25th November and you are free to post your work at any time between those dates.
To get your soapy juices flowing we will be having a round of prompting which will open on 16th August. You can prompt as many times as you like, and creators will be free to choose from the prompts or use a self-prompt. Prompting will close on 31st August.
🧼 Rules:
Works must be inspired by bathing, washing, or getting soapy.
Works must feature Drarry as the main pairing.
Fics must be beta read and tagged appropriately.
No minimum word count for fic (drabbles and poetry are welcome!).
Podfics or remixes of any kind must have the consent of the original author
No AI-created art or fic please.
🛁 Guidelines:
Self-posting fest.
No claiming necessary! Use one of the prompts on the list or self-prompt.
You can post as many works as you like and collaborate if you wish.
Fic, art, craft, podfics all welcome
Works should be posted to the fest collection on AO3, it’s open, unmoderated, non-anonymous and stress-free! (Link to the collection will go live on 1st October 2023)
Promote your fic or art on tumblr, tag the tumblr fest account @hdsudsfest and tag your work using #sudsfestlite23 which we will be tracking! That way we can reblog your sudsy creations on the fest tumblr and it will also be a way to collect them in one place for easy searching and reblogging. (We can only reblog NSFW fanart if you have cropped for tumblr’s guidelines.)
If you don’t have a tumblr account let us know at [email protected] and we will send you a header form to complete so that we can promote your work for you.
🚿 Dates:
Prompting opens: 16th August 2023
Prompting closes: 31st August 2023
Collection opens: 1st October 2023
Posting/Reblogs begin: 15th October 2023
Collection closes: 25th November 2023
🫧 Come on in! The water’s fine! 🫧
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Maintenance Request Chapter 16
Joel Miller x f!reader | new chapter every Friday
18+ | ao3 | main post & chapter list
chapter word count: 5.8k
chapter summary: it’s time to back to work after your weekend of dates with Joel. but at least he works there, too 😏
a/n: thank you as always to @katareyoudrilling for being the best beta 💕
back to work for these two. I mention San Antonio in this one, so it’s probably obvious I’m imagining this town they’re in as somewhere in Texas, but you can ignore that if you want and imagine it wherever you’d like. also, there’s Russian poetry mentioned in this one because I speak Russian and I’m being self-indulgent, but just in case anyone wonders — I am very much against Putin’s war in Ukraine. Слава Україні!
chapter tags/warnings: flirting, banter, fluff, more poetry (links at the bottom), cursing, food and drink mention, talking about teaching methods, kissing, grinding, groping, pet names (honey, gorgeous, darlin’, baby, cowboy), reader straddles Joel’s lap, texting, Trevor (does he deserve his own warning?), department politics, mention of past bad relationships (reader’s ex, Joel’s ex), mention of absent mother
Chapter 16
Tuesday, October 29
Tenth week of the semester
On Tuesday, you had two whole hours blocked off on your schedule for lunch with Joel. It was miraculous, in comparison to how your schedule normally looked.
You hadn’t seen each other at all on Monday – some kind of emergency in the lab buildings kept him busy all day. And he’d come over for a drink after your date on Sunday, but he hadn’t been able to stay. You’d made out against his truck for longer than either of you had realized and by the time you made it back, it was almost time for him to head home.
(On his way out of your apartment, he’d pinned you against the back of your front door and pressed hot kisses down your neck. “Leavin’ you like this is the last thing I wanna do, honey, I’m sorry.” He’d worried a mark right under your collar bone, and you’d gasped.
“It’s alright, Joel. Tell Sarah I say hi. And Tommy, I guess.” He laughed, pressing his forehead to your shoulder.
“Promise me I’ll see you this week?” He pressed more kisses into your neck and shoulder as he said it.
“Of course, Joel. Lunch, every day we can manage it. And coffee.” He looked up and met your smile with his own.
“Then I’ll see you tomorrow, gorgeous.”)
He hadn’t, of course, because of whatever had happened in the labs yesterday, but you’d be seeing him any minute for lunch in your office. He’d texted that he was on his way about 10 minutes ago, and you were up and pacing between your desk and bookshelf, totally unable to sit still.
Right on time, the knock at your door kicked your heart rate up. You called for whoever it was, hopefully Joel, to come in as you stepped closer. You grinned as you watched him come into view.
“Hey there, gorgeous,” he greeted you with a half smile. He closed your door behind him, turning the lock as well. You took the opportunity to walk up and step right into his arms.
Joel’s arms came around you swiftly, and you tucked your face into his neck. “Hi there,” you mumbled, pressing a kiss to his neck. You felt him breathe in sharply before he gently pushed you backwards, far enough for him to see you.
“Missed you, darlin’.”
You smiled and pressed another kiss to the corner of his mouth. “You just saw me on Sunday.”
“Hmm, that's two whole days, honey. One too many, if you ask me.” You laughed. You swayed forward to kiss him again, but kept it short and stepped back reluctantly.
“We should probably eat, huh.” You stayed close, unable to bring yourself to move too far away from him, and his hands came to rest on your hips.
Joel nodded. “Probably,” he agreed. You both looked at each other for a moment before you took a deep breath and turned towards your desk. You’d barely shifted your weight, though, when you felt his hand close around your elbow to spin you back around. You gasped, and fell forward to lean on his chest with your palms. He moved forward to press his mouth close to your ear.
“Hold on there, troublemaker. Are you wearing my shirt?”
You grinned where he couldn’t see you. “I dunno, am I?” You’d decided to wear a sweater today, and it was chilly enough outside for two layers. You’d smirked to yourself this morning when you’d pulled his shirt from your clean laundry, tugging it on and tucking it in where no one would see it (except maybe Joel). You realized it must be peeking out at the neckline, enough for him to notice.
Joel pressed a line of kisses down your neck until he reached the neck of his shirt. “Shit, baby,” he murmured, scraping his teeth lightly towards your collarbone. You tilted your head to the side and whined. “It’s one thing to see you wearin’ it at home, or in bed. But here? You been wearing this all day?” He pulled you forward by your hips again, leaning back on the wall by the door to take your weight. You sighed as your hips came into contact with his.
“Joel–”
“I know, I know,” he kissed you, a short press of his lips against yours. “Just, hmm, let me kiss you for a minute.” And you did. He pulled you into another kiss, but this was nothing like the gentle kisses you’d shared since he walked in the door moments before. Your mouth opened to his and he swept you away with the heat of it. He groaned into the kiss, and you found yourself straddling his leg with his hands firm on your hips. You slid your own up to tangle in his hair.
Joel slid further down the wall and suddenly your positions clicked into place – his thigh was snug between your legs as he braced himself against the floor. One of his hands slid up to hold the back of your neck and you moaned, softly.
“Shhh,” he hushed you softly. “Can’t let anyone hear us.” You nodded and leaned back into the kiss.
You were getting carried away, and you knew it. But mostly you didn’t care – you could feel Joel pressed up against you, all along your body, and it felt so good. It felt like what you’d been wanting since he’d gone home on Sunday night. He was warm and solid, and every part of his body felt amazing against yours. His hands roamed your back and one dipped low to grab your ass, making your breath catch. You realized your hips were thrusting forwards in tiny movements, moving in a steady rhythm against his thigh. You could feel his cock getting hard in his jeans.
You were getting awfully close to actual sex in your office when loud, familiar voices in the hall outside your office door startled you both. You leaned back from Joel with a small gasp as you heard Jilian and Trevor walk past your door.
“... doesn’t look like she’s there right now, Trevor,” Jilian was saying, and you realized he must have come looking for you. You looked up and met Joel’s gaze, eyes wide, suddenly glad you’d had your overhead lights off all morning. He looked as wrecked as you felt, breathing hard, eyes dancing over your face. His hair was an absolute mess.
“Well she has to have office hours sometime,” Trevor grumbled. You rolled your eyes and Joel grinned.
“She does, Trevor, and you know they’re this afternoon. Why do you need to talk to her, anyway? We have lunch with the course committee.” Their voices were starting to move away and you sighed, falling forward to rest your forehead on Joel’s chest. His hands came up to wrap around your back, holding you there.
“Er, no reason,” Trevor sounded shifty, but you put him out of your mind as their voices finally faded. Joel cleared his throat.
“Think we got a little carried away there, darlin’.” You could hear his smile.
“Yeah,” you laughed, “should probably stop, actually eat lunch.”
He pressed a kiss to the top of your head and agreed. “Just, ah, give me a second.” You looked down, noting his predicament. You grinned as you stepped back.
“Don’t worry, Joel, I need a minute, too.” He laughed, shaking his head as he reached down to adjust himself. You bit your lip as you watched.
“Don’t look at me like that, honey, or we’ll end up right back against this wall.” He wiggled his eyebrows at you in an absolutely ridiculous way as he said it, and you felt your shoulders finally relax as you laughed.
You both settled into the comfortable chairs in front of your desk, smiling.
Over lunch, Joel finally explained what had happened the day before, in the labs – apparently there had been some sort of malfunction and hundreds of crickets escaped their cages in the basement of the biology building. He and basically anyone else on campus who had been available had been chasing and catching crickets for hours.
“Never seen that many crickets in my life, never want to again,” he groaned. You laughed at his shudder. “They were everywhere. And almost impossible to catch. Eventually they brought in people with actual equipment, but for a while there we were, scoopin’ ‘em up with gardening gloves on. It was ridiculous. Tess even had some try to crawl up the leg of her pants.” You made a face. “Yeah, she screamed loud. I laughed at the time but also, shit. Can you imagine? Probably would’ve screamed the same way myself. Surprised none of ‘em went down my shirt.”
“No thanks,” you grimaced. He smiled.
“They think they caught ‘em all, but I think they just got tired of lookin’. I bet there’s still some enjoying their freedom down there. There is a tunnel to the chemistry building, after all.” You nodded. That tunnel was old and creepy to begin with, it would be a nightmare with surprise wildlife.
You moved on from the crickets to your plans for the week, and you mentioned going out again, wondering when you might go on another date.
Joel looked down and frowned a bit. “Well, darlin’, I’m going out of town with Sarah this weekend. She has a soccer tournament down in San Antonio, we’ll be staying with family and visiting too. Meant to tell you on Sunday but I got a little, ah, distracted.” You tried to look like this news wasn’t disappointing, because obviously you weren’t going to complain about him spending time with his daughter. He eyed you knowingly and shook his head. ‘Don’t worry, honey, I’m disappointed, too. But next weekend?”
You nodded. “I’m free all weekend, Joel.” He smiled.
“Well, Sarah will be with me on campus again on Friday morning, before we drive down. She wanted me to ask if she can come hang out with you, ‘stead of me.”
“Of course!” You almost interrupted him, you were so quick to respond. “I have class at 9:30, but she can come to that too, if she likes.”
“I’m sure she’d love that, darlin’. And she’s really looking forward to talking to you about your dissertation.”
You smiled, knowing Joel wouldn’t want to hear you talk down about it again. “I’d love that, Joel.”
He smiled back at you and the look in his eye was so soft you almost had to look away from it. “Well, good. So I’ll bring Sarah here on Friday, then maybe I’ll call you over the weekend? Won’t have a ton of privacy, with so many people around, but I’ll make sure to find some at some point.”
You tilted your head and contemplated him. “Privacy, huh? You have plans for that phone call, Joel Miller?”
He grinned at you and winked. “Maybe I do, gorgeous.”
After you finished eating, you scooted your chair closer to his and rested your legs across his lap. He rested his hands on your legs, massaging them gently as you chatted about his upcoming trip, your plans for the weekend, and what was going on in your classes.
“How’s that kid doing, the one you were worried about? Nick? Was he better in class yesterday?
You couldn’t help but smile at him. “Yeah, looked like he actually got some sleep this weekend. I did pull him aside after to encourage him and check in about it. He said he was trying to go to fewer parties, but his roommates were always going out.”
Joel nodded. “That’s tough, to be left out. Especially at that age. Sarah’s better about it than I expected, but she hates it, too.”
“I told him to try to talk to more people from class, form a study group. People he could meet up with in the library or somewhere else to study, so he’d have plans of his own.”
“Good advice.” Joel smiled at you.
“I’ve gathered some good suggestions over the years, from other students, too. Usually around this point in the semester I have them all share ideas with each other about how to study, or for the freshmen I have some upperclassman come in to talk about how they manage their time. Without me in the room.”
“I mean, I already knew it from seeing you in action, but you’re a great teacher, you know.” You smiled and ducked your head, but he reached over to gently nudge you back up to meet his eyes. “It’s true, darlin’.”
You realized, at that moment, that you didn’t need to worry about this being only about sex, even if you were always thinking about it. (It was hard not to – he was basically irresistible.) Joel listened so carefully to all of your stories, and he seemed to remember everything you’d ever told him, even the names of your students. He cared about you and about the details of your life. The realization made you feel warm.
After a while, Joel squeezed both of your calves, and said, ”I have to leave in about 10 minutes, darlin’.” You nodded and started to move your legs. He resisted, looking a bit put out, but relented when he saw the smirk on your face.
You stood and stepped closer to where he sat. “Well, I think I know how we can spend 10 minutes wisely.” He grinned as you settled into the armchair with him, knees on either side of his hips. His arms quickly circled you, tugging you forward until your chest rested against his.
“I like the way you think, baby.”
(He really did seem to like seeing you in his shirt.)
…
you
(2:12 PM): just got dangerously close to sex in my office
bestie
(2:14 PM): just let it happen
(2:14 PM): take the win
you
(2:15 PM): look I’m not going to say I wouldn’t have if Trevor hadn’t walked by in the hall
bestie
(2:16 PM): WHAT
you
(2:16 PM): but can I at least pretend lol
bestie
(2:17 PM): what on earth was that prick doing there
you
(2:18 PM): no idea. my door was closed and the light was off so he didn’t stop, but he was looking for me
bestie
(2:19 PM): 🙄
(2:19 PM): how do you know
you(2:20 PM): he was with Jillian and they talked about it
bestie
(2:21 PM): that guy is the worst
(2:22 PM): whatever he wanted was probably extremely irritating
you
(2:23 PM): always
...
Friday, November 1
Tenth week of the semester
On Friday, Joel and Sarah met you on the quad as you walked to your office.
“Good morning, Millers,” you smiled as you greeted them. Joel leaned to press a quick kiss to your lips. After that, though, Sarah quickly stepped in front of him and claimed the spot next to you on your walk across the quad.
“Do I really get to come to your class?” She looked visibly excited, which was more than you could say for some of your students. In fairness to them, though, 9:30 was early in college. And adulthood in general.
“Yep! Hope you’re ready to discuss some poetry.” Her eyes widened, and she looked back at Joel where he was walking behind you.
“Dad! You didn’t tell me I needed to read anything!” Joel raised his hands defensively, but you laughed and cut in before he could reply.
“Don’t worry, Sarah, they haven’t read it either. We’re reading it in class today. And I won’t make you participate if you don’t want to.”
She looked relieved, and nodded. “Oh, cool. What’s the poem?”
You glanced back at Joel, and noticed he was smiling at the two of you. “It’s my poetry in translation class, so maybe you’re on more even footing. We’re doing Russian poetry today, by Alexander Pushkin and Anna Akhmatova.”
Sarah looked, if possible, even more excited. It was very gratifying.
“That’s so cool! I’ve never read anything like that.”
You grinned. “I’m glad you think so. I’ll let you look at it before we head over, if you’d like.”
She nodded, and you let her go in front of you up the stairs to the door of your building. You felt Joel’s hand rest on your lower back as he stepped up next to you.
“Think I’ll leave you here, darlin’, I’ve got some things to wrap up before we head to San Antonio later.” You leaned closer to him and smiled. “Alright, Joel. I think we’ll have a good time.”
He grinned. “She’s been looking forward to this all week. And I know I’ll hear all about it on the drive, later. I’ll see you around lunch time.” He leaned in and pressed a gentle kiss to your cheek, squeezing your arm at the same time, and then turned to head to his office.
You and Sarah had about 15 minutes before you needed to head to class, and you spent it in your office telling her about the lesson plan for the day, and the class in general.
You watched as she flipped through the copy of the syllabus you’d printed for her. “It’s mostly either upper level students taking it for their major or others taking it as an elective, who aren’t English majors. Some of them write poetry, some don’t. It’s a mix.” She nodded. “This is our only day looking at Russian poetry, so it’s new to everyone. Except I know we have a couple of Russian majors in the class, they might have read some of it.”
“Do you get to pick the poems?” She asked, studying the list.
“Yep. I didn’t, my first year, but now I have more control over my classes. That’s pretty normal.”
“This is really cool. Are these, like, your favorites?”
You hummed thoughtfully. “Not all of them. I don’t always pick my favorites for a class like this, they’re not always the easiest to study, or they might not make sense for the topic. But Akhmatova is one of my favorite poets, so anything by her is high up on the list.”
“I remembered her name from your dissertation.” Sarah said it so nonchalantly, but you were surprised.
“Oh? I didn’t think I mentioned her that much.”
She shrugged. “It was in the appendix.”
You laughed, stunned. “You read the appendix?”
Sarah finally looked up at you, and raised one eyebrow. The expression was so Joel, it felt like your heart clenched in your chest. “I read the whole thing!” She sounded offended that you doubted her.
“I know! Sorry. It’s just, no one ever reads the appendix. Thank you for reading the whole thing. I don’t even think my advisor did that.” She narrowed her eyes, and huffed.
“Well, they should have.”
You were touched. You grinned at the top of her head as she bent back over your syllabus. “What was your favorite part?”
She tilted her head to the side, thinking. “Probably when you talked about space. Like, inside poems. I never realized that was a thing. Like, that poems could have, what was it? Openness?”
“Expansiveness? Closeness?” you offered, and she nodded.
“After I read that it made sense to me. Like, we can describe feelings with words, and then when we read them we feel it, too. You said a poem could be claustrophobic, or, um, airy. I had never thought about it like that.”
You felt a bit silly for suddenly feeling overwhelmed with emotion, but you did. It had been a long time since anyone paid this type of attention to your dissertation.
“I-” you cleared your throat. “Thanks. That’s what I hoped I was saying, anyway. Do you like poetry?”
Sarah shrugged again as she tucked the syllabus in her bag. “I do, but I don’t like, read a lot of it. Just what we read for school. I guess I’d probably like other stuff, but I don’t know where to start.”
You stood and walked over to your bookshelves, running your fingers over the books until you found what you wanted. “Give this a try. It’s ok if you don’t like all of it.” You handed her an anthology of contemporary poets that you liked. “But there’s probably something in there that you’ll like. And then you can follow that thread, you know? Read more by that poet, or from that time.”
She took it and nodded. “There’s a lot of flags.” You grinned, nodding as she ran her fingers through the multi-colored flags and notes that were sticking out of the book. “Yeah, I tend to mark up books. Sorry about that. Maybe it’ll make it more interesting.”
“Dad always gets on my case about writing in books, but I have so many thoughts while I read, I can’t help it.” She rolled her eyes, and you laughed.
“Well, I’m on your side.”
“Good!” She smiled, and stood up. “Is it time to go?”
You nodded, and gestured for her to lead the way.
…
Sarah seemed to enjoy the class, if you judged it by the way she talked about it on your walk back.
“Is the class always like that?” She was a little bit bouncy in her walk, like she had a lot of energy to let out.
“They were pretty engaged today, but yeah, we usually have good discussions. Did you like the poems?”
She nodded. “Anna Akhmatova is really cool! Do you have more of hers I could borrow?”
“Sure. A lot of her poetry is online, too, but you can borrow the translation I like best.”
“Thanks for letting me come. It was cool seeing all the different ways the same poem could be translated. I’d never thought about that before.”
You grinned at her. “Thanks for participating. It sounded like your group was having a good discussion.”
“We were! They were really nice, too. Even that guy.”
You snorted. “Yeah, Chase can be a handful. But he’s enthusiastic.” He was one of your more talkative students, you usually had to not call on him at least once per class to give everyone else a chance to talk.
Sarah nodded. “He said he was working on not always talking so much in groups.” You were glad to hear it. “Do Russian people really put jam in their tea?”
“Yes, some do. It’s not bad, actually.” She eyed you skeptically. “Hey, don’t knock it ‘til you try it.”
“Maybe,” she sounded like she really meant no, and you laughed. You’d reached your office at that point and you opened the door for her to go inside.
“Who’s this?” You almost groaned aloud at the voice that suddenly came from behind you, but you managed to hold it in. You gestured with your eyebrows for Sarah to go inside your office and something about the look on your face must have convinced her. She moved back a few steps, stopping by the desk. You turned in the doorway.
“Hi Trevor. This is my friend’s daughter, she’s visiting campus today while her school is off.” You almost tripped over the word friend, but talking about your love life with Trevor was actually the last thing you wanted to do. Ever.
“Oh. I didn’t know that was allowed.” He sounded like he wanted to tell you it wasn’t, but probably knew it was actually fine. And was just being a dick about it for no reason.
“What, bringing a visitor to campus?” You looked at him skeptically but tried to make your tone at least polite. “Anyway, we’re running late, so I’ll see you later, Trevor.” You weren’t actually, but he didn’t need to know that.
You stepped back and tried to close the door, but he had more to say. He always did.
“Well, maybe you should have gotten it approved.” He looked put out. You were familiar with the expression. It was the face he always made in faculty meetings when his complaints weren’t getting him anywhere.
You sighed. “I’ll talk to Claire. See you later.” And you shut the door. You heard his footsteps as he moved away and rested your forehead against the inside of your door as you sighed.
“Who was that guy?” Sarah sounded baffled.
“That,” you said as you turned to lean against the door, “is Trevor, the British Lit Prick.”
She stared at you and then started giggling. “Wait, really?”
You nodded. “That’s his nickname. Don’t tell your dad I told you. Actually, he doesn’t like Trevor either, so maybe it’s fine.” Her giggles intensified. “He’s like that all the time. I don’t know why he’s always bothering me about rules and stuff, especially rules that don’t actually exist. Every time I talk to him he’s complaining about something I did. He’s been like that since I started here a couple of years ago.” You shook your head and shrugged.
“Weird. Why doesn’t dad like him?”
“He’s apparently also a prick to the maintenance guys.”
“Ugh,” she groaned, “that’s the worst. I hate when people are rude about that stuff. Like, ok, your dad’s a fancy doctor or whatever, but I bet he’d end up in the ER if he tried to fix his own sink. Or like, hammer anything.”
You laughed. “Probably. Does that happen a lot?” You wondered if maybe she wouldn’t want to talk about it with you if it did. She shrugged.
“Sometimes. Most people aren’t like that. But I know my dad’s cool, even if he’s also a total dork. Don’t tell him I said he’s cool.” You promised, smiling. “I’m glad he met you. He’s been…” she trailed off and bit her lip. “He’s been happier, lately. I haven’t seen him like this before.”
You were flustered. “Oh– oh?” You took a few steps and fell into your chair behind your desk.
She grinned at you. “Yeah. Like in a movie or something. He’s always smiling. Or forgetting what he’s doing while staring out the window. Yesterday I caught him singing to himself while he folded clothes. Like, who does that?” You could feel the heat in your cheeks and you hid your face in your hands.
“He was singing?” You peeked through your fingers at her.
“Oh yeah. And he’s always checking his phone. And smiling at it.” She raised her eyebrows at you.
“Well, um,” you started and shook your head as you laughed a little at yourself. “Beth, my best friend, she said something similar about me. About my phone. And Ellie,” you nodded towards the picture of her, “she’s my niece. She said I’m ‘pathetic’ about him. So, you know,” you shrugged. “It’s mutual.” You felt like your face was on fire, but you wanted Sarah to know it wasn’t one-sided. You were in deep with Joel and you wanted his daughter to like you. You liked her, both of them, a lot.
Sarah laughed. “Look, I don’t want to hear about it, but I’m glad, ok? I like you, and I just want him to be happy. Not that I think he hasn’t been happy, but. I think there are different kinds of happy. And he’s really happy right now.”
“I am, too. Did he, um,” you hesitated and flattened your hands on your desk. “Did he explain about, the other day–”
She nodded and interrupted. “Yeah, it’s ok. I mean, I was worried that maybe you didn’t like him, which would be dumb.”
You laughed and agreed. “Yeah, it would. But I do. Like him, I mean. Just had a bad past relationship, and sometimes it still, um. Still gets to me.” She nodded like she understood, which surprised you.
“That’s what dad said. I don’t… I figure he hasn’t told you much about my mom. He doesn’t like to talk to other people about it without checking with me first.”
Your eyebrows raised and you started to reassure her. “You don’t have to tell me about it, that’s–”
“No, it’s ok. I want to, just a little bit anyway.” Sarah took a deep breath, and you briefly wished you’d known each other longer. You wanted to give her a hug.
“She left when I was five. She’s been back a few times, but I don’t think she’s coming back anymore. It’s been a while.” She said all of this very matter-of-factly, and you felt the weight of it like a hole in your chest. She was so young. “I used to hope she would, you know? But I got older and I realized how other moms were. And I saw how unhappy dad was whenever she was around.” Sarah wrinkled her nose as she shook her head. “Most of the time I’m happy she’s not here.”
You clasped your hands together to resist the urge to pull her into a hug. “I’m sorry, Sarah. That’s really shitty.”
She snorted. “Yeah, it is. But, um. That’s what I mean, when I say he’s happy in a way I’ve never seen before. He never was with my mom. And he hasn’t really dated anyone else. So this is a big deal, you know?” She looked at you intently with a very serious look on her face. Like she wanted you to get how important this was.
You did. “It’s a big deal for me, too. After my ex. I wouldn’t…” You wondered how to put it. “I wouldn’t have gone out with Joel if I wasn’t serious about it. And I’m really glad I’m getting to know you, too.”
Sarah smiled. “Me too.”
You were both quiet for a minute, and then you suggested, “Want to talk about something else?”
“Yes, oh my god,” she laughed. “I wanted to tell you that but I hate talking about it.”
You smiled at her. “Well, tell me what questions you have, about college.”
You talked about college and her upcoming soccer tournament and her high school classes for a while, until you both jumped when someone knocked on your door.
“Come in,” you called, pretty sure it was Joel on the other side. It was.
“What a sight, my two favorite people in the same place.” He was grinning as he poked his head in the door, and you felt your face heat. Again.
Sarah rolled her eyes. “You need more friends.”
“Nah, got all I need right here.”
“I’m telling Uncle Tommy you said he wasn’t your favorite.”
“Go ahead, I’ll tell him to his face.” Joel pulled on one of her curls playfully so that it sprang upward, and she batted his hand away, laughing. “You ready to go, babygirl?”
She rolled her eyes, but smiled at him. “Yeah, dad.”
“How was the class?” He glanced between the two of you, smiling.
“It was great!” Sarah told him all about the class, and what you’d read, and the book she was going to borrow. Joel came to sit in one of the chairs in front of the desk as she showed it to him. “I’m going to go to the bathroom before we leave, I’ll be right back.”
“To the left, end of the hall!” You called as she stepped out. She nodded.
Joel turned to look at you once she was gone and smiled. “Seems like she had a good time.” You stood and moved around your desk to stand in front of him.
“Yep, she spoke up in class, too.”
He raised his eyebrows, but rather than replying he reached out and rested his hands on your hips and tugged you closer. “I want to hear about it, darlin’, but we got about 2 minutes before she gets back and I need a kiss to tide me over before our trip.” You laughed and let him pull you in.
You didn’t quite sit on his lap, but you did rest your hands on his shoulders and let him guide you down into a quick kiss. Your heart rate picked up, like it always did when he kissed you. His hands moved to circle your waist as yours slid down his chest, with your knees resting against the chair between his legs where he sat.
The kiss wasn’t long, but it was intense. You broke off too soon, worried Sarah would be back any second, and wrapped your arms around his neck in a tight hug. You tucked your face against his neck.
Joel kissed you at the hinge of your jaw, which you’d realized was one of his favorite spots. “I’m going to miss seeing you this weekend, honey.”
You nodded. “Me too, Joel.”
He pressed a few more kisses down your neck and then buried his face in your shoulder. You both held on tightly for a moment before he slowly moved his hands back to your hips to help you stand. “I’ll call you? Maybe tomorrow?”
You smiled, running your hand through his hair to brush it back from his face. “Whenever you want, cowboy.” He closed his eyes and smiled as you ran your fingers through his hair again.
Footsteps in the hall signaled Sarah’s return, and you stepped back from Joel, though he kept his hand on your hip for a moment. He squeezed once before dropping it to his lap.
“Ready to go?” She asked as she stepped through the door. Joel nodded. “Thanks for letting me hang out with you. Dad’s office is always boring.” She smiled at you as you laughed.
“Anytime, Sarah. I mean it.”
Joel stood to give you another quick hug, a much less intimate version with Sarah standing nearby. “See you later, darlin’.” You leaned in to press a kiss to his cheek.
“Have a good trip. And good luck in the tournament, Sarah.”
After they left, you fell back in your chair with a sigh. It was going to be a long weekend.
…
bestie
(4:31 PM): I mean that sounds like a good thing to me
(4:32 PM): Sarah seems to like you, and we already know you think she’s a cool kid
you
(4:33 PM): yeah
(4:33 PM):: it was fun to get to know her more but also nerve wracking. you know? I didn’t want to mess it up
bestie
(4:34 PM): I mean that’s fair, it’s important. She’s important
(4:35 PM): but you know how to talk to teenagers. Plenty of practice with Ellie lol
you
(4:36 PM): is Ellie a normal teenager?
bestie
(4:37 PM): well
(4:37 PM): I plead the fifth 😶
(4:38 PM): also you know I’m coming over tomorrow right
(4:39 PM): taking advantage of HCG’s absence to actually hang out with my best friend
you
(4:40 PM): 🙄
(4:40 PM): we had lunch together literally yesterday
bestie
(4:41 PM): that’s in the past. irrelevant at best
you
(4:42 PM): Ellie will be over most of the day. I’m helping her with a class project and then we’re going to a movie
bestie
(4:43 PM): sounds like my kind of day
you
(4:43 PM): 👯
...
a/n: next week -- the phone call 😏
Poems mentioned in this chapter (not by name):
He loved three things in life... by Anna Akhmatova
He loved three things in life:
Evensong, white peacocks
And old maps of America.
He hated it when children cried,
He hated tea with raspberry jam
And women’s hysterics.
…And I was his wife.
I loved you by Alexander Pushkin
This is maybe my favorite translation (Babette Deutsch) but you can see at this link some of the many ways this poem could be translated:
I loved you; and perhaps I love you still,
The flame, perhaps, is not extinguished; yet
It burns so quietly within my soul,
No longer should you feel distressed by it.
Silently and hopelessly I loved you,
At times too jealous and at times too shy.
God grant you find another who will love you
As tenderly and truthfully as I.
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*Climbs up on my soap box again, flipchart presentation in hand*
Hello. I promise this is the last time I'll do this (for this exchange). But let's do ONE MORE TIME.
Fic in a Box! Really cool 18+ fandom exchange that's running now, and I am here to lure you into signing up. You can sign up to until the end of the 3rd (midnight EDT).
What makes this fandom special is four things things
it's a 10k exhange, which is why you have until mid-october to get it done.
you can opt into WILD mediums for your fic— dress up game! poetry! fanvid! in-world reddit posts! spreadsheets! Check out the tag set for the full list, it's honestly hundreds of medium options. You're not guaranteed to get any of the mediums you opt into, but it's a possibility! You can even contact the mods to ask to match on a specific medium if you really want to make a ship schematic, or write a triple drabble, or draw a propaganda poster.
Instead of requesting your fic focus on a relationship, there are also Worldbuilding tags you can request. For QSMP, the WB tags are WB: Any (QSMP | Quackity SMP), WB: Egg Revivals (QSMP), WB: Egg/Code Connection (QSMP), WB: Federation Kidnappings & Cryosleep (QSMP). You could request or offer a fic (or art!) that focuses on any of those!
This part is optional, but you can take your 10k, and go to the mods, and request that you Swap some of your assignment, so instead of 10k for UsernameWaterglass, you have 4k for UsernameWaterglass, 3k for UsernameTissueBox, and 3k for UsernameCinnamonRoll. (Really creative usernames there, drawn from the items around me.) And then you still hit 10k on your gift, but in the form of multiple smaller gifts!
The mods don't promise that you'll definitely get a swap, but the more people in the exchange requesting swaps, the more likely it gets. So that is why I'm here now, looking at you with pleading eyes! I want to do some QSMP swaps, but we only have 4 people signed up for QSMP, and we don't have a huge amount of overlap in characters, so some people are still not matchable. I want us to drop some banger fics into the tag and make everybody go OOOOOOO that looks fun why didn't I sign up for FIAB, and then they weep and wail with joy while reading our fics.
Y'know, normal things to want.
Anyways, you can see the tagset for all the possible tags you can offer and request here (hence why there's ship tags on this post), and you can see all the QSMP sign-ups here, and the event blog and rules are here, and you can sign up yourself here! If you are a multi-mcyt fan, we also have DSMP, Hermitcraft, Life Series, SMPEarth in the tag set, and there are literally over a thosuand other fandoms. We even have a MCYT FIAB discord where you can ask questions and compare notes!
I leave you with some highlights from the QSMP requests so far.
*locks onto you with with a powerful magnet to drag you into exchange* JOIN US.
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Shadowlight Week 2023
Event Fan Art by @oryu404
Welcome to Shadowlight Week 2023, a celebration of the friendship/relationship between Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney of Sabertooth!
We’re back, baby! It's been a while, and a little quiet in this corner, but we're hoping you are just as excited as we are! The event will run from October 27 - 31 this year.
Our prompts are:
🖤 Rebel / Dare
🤍 Thrill / (Un)dress
🖤 Haunted / Watch
🤍 Potion / Monster
🖤 Sweet / Spice
Of course, these are for inspiration only. Feel free to submit other prompts if they work better for you!
We’ll be accepting:
Fanfics (any length and in any language)
Poetry
FanArt (any kind)
Edits (edits, aesthetics, videos, memes)
Headcanons
Playlists
Social Media Posts
Incorrect quotes
Manga Coloring
Event Rules:
All content must be original and previously unpublished. Updates to an existing multi-chapter fic are not eligible, but standalone one-shots from an established work/AU are fine.
Pairing or Brotp only.
There should be no character bashing of any kind. This event is meant to be fun and positive.
Please tag all triggers and adult content appropriately.
We will not accept any work that contains incest or pedophilia.
You may enter as many times as you want!
Late entries will be accepted!
We will track the tag shadowlightweek2023 so make sure it’s in your first five, or mention @shadowlight-week in your post. Fics posted to AO3 can be added to our Shadowlight Week 2023 Collection.
If you have any questions, you can reach out to us through Asks. We’ll be happy to answer them.
Our event page has a complete list of rules and answered questions.
Have fun, and please reblog to help us get the word out!
@fyeahstingue @faneventshub @ft-reboost @ftmlmages @ftlgbtales
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buddie poetry event! (911 hiatus version)📜✒️
hi! i'm @heartbeatdiaz and i love, love reading poetry and writing silly little poems myself! especially about these two gay firefighters. so, i thought it'd be fun to make a mini event for all poetry authors in the fandom.
the idea is, here's a list of 20 prompts for whatever day you like during hiatus as long as is from the 15 of august to the last day of october (you don't have to write for all of them— just if the inspiration strikes!) feel free to pick and choose whichever prompt brings you joy! and interpret it however you like! this is to celebrate creativity, after all.
these are the prompts!
(some extras!)
you can combine your poem with edit/gifset if you please or ask someone else to make an edit/gifset/drawing to compliment your piece.
there will be no signs ups! just tag the blog and use the #poemsbybuddie and i'll reblog your creation here!
your poem can be nsfw but make sure it's tagged properly
if you have any doubt or question, send an ask here or message the blog or me directly at @heartbeatdiaz
#buddie poetry#buddie poetry event#poetry#poemsbybuddie#buck x eddie#evan buckley#evan buck buckely#eddie diaz#buddie#911 poetry#911#911 abc#911 on abc#tv: 911#911 hiatus#911hiatus#911 event
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Inspired by the amazing @alastair-appreciation-month event celebrating one of my two biggest blorbos, I've decided to make a month dedicated to my other biggest blorbo: matthew fairchild.
this event will span the month of october. like alastember, each week will feature a different theme. they will be as follows:
1-8 october: free for all. post anything you want about matthew! create your favourite type of content! (Week 1 FFA is primarily because I don't want to interfere with Alastember. Make sure to do Alastember first and create something this week that doesn't take too much time if necessary.)
9-15 October: Edits and fanart week. Get creative with visual media!
16-22 October: Fanfiction and poetry week. Post something on Tumblr or Ao3 and tag me!
23-29 October: Post your favourite Matthew passages in the book and tell us why you love them. Feel free to squeal over why you love them incoherently or provide an in-depth academic analysis. both of these things are equally awesome. ball's in your court.
30-31 October: happy halloween. also, last 2 days are another FFA to appreciate Matthew in your own way. You can also appreciate Oscar Wilde here, if you want to make Matthew extra proud ♡
but if you don't feel like following one of these themes, that's alright! they're just suggestions. i'll personally probably be writing fic mostly, if that makes you feel any better! tag each of your posts #matthew appreciation month or #matthtober, and remember to tag this blog in all posts so i can reblog it and spread the love.
tagging my usual taglist on ibrushmyteeth-donttellanyone + some other people i think will be interested (please lmk if you want to be added/removed):
@staywildefairchild @sourlemons262 @belle-keys @drunkonimagination @alastaircarstairsismybff @vwritesaus @claritywithclary @luciehercndale @what-ho-christopher-put-in @life-through-the-eyes-of @alastaircarstairsdefenselawyer @bluewrite @lulusofis @oursoulstheyplay @athearaej @faithfromanewperspective @tleeaves @haltthewfairchild @layla-carstairs @quantummeep
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